The House on the Borderland (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: William Hope Hodgson
- First Published: 1908
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—cosmic voyage
- Time of Work: The mid-1800s, with a journey to the end of time
- Setting: Remote Ireland and the far reaches of the universe
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Folkloric or magical people, Nineteenth century, Future, Other worlds, Space flight or travel, Time travel, Ireland or Irish people, Monsters, Universe
- Locales: Space, Ireland
The Plot
The story of The House on the Borderland is cast in the form of a manuscript written by an unnamed man, later referred to as the recluse, who lives in a large, ancient house with his sister and his dog. He writes the manuscript to document the strange events that he experiences, consisting of a mixture of visionary cosmic journeys and attacks by very real monsters.
The first such experience begins when the narrator sees a green glow at one end of his study and soon develops into a bizarre journey in which he floats over a vast “plain of silence” and...
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